Doomsday Can Wait (Phoenix Chronicles Series #2)

Maybe my expectations were too high...

I was really looking forward to this book. I'd read the first in the series and really enjoyed it, even though I was in the minority, it seemed. I liked the characters, the story and yes, even the graphic sex (which I found unusual for this type of novel).
So given all the above, why didn't I like this book? For several reasons.
#1-The Sex. It seemed that all the sexual doings were missing from this one. Sure there was some, but it didn't come until the last third of the book and it was nowhere near as hot (and important to the plot) as in the first novel. It seemed as if the author read the criticism of the first book and toned it way down.
#2-The characters. Rather than any appreciable character development, it seemed that the plan was to add several new characters, that just seemed to have what was needed for each tense situation.
#3- The plot. Since the characters remain almost the same as in the first book, I found it very hard to work up any concern over their well being. I was just looking to see where the author would drop the next unbelievably convenient twist to the story.

And #4- New characters. These were poorly developed. It seemed that they served their initial purpose and were never heard from again, or kept around doing a whole lot of nothing.

So maybe it was my expectations. I REALLY wanted to like this book. The first one introduced me to an author and her style (one I'm usually not drawn to). I was swept along early and found it hard to put the book down. This one seemed to need more of an effort to get a few pages done each night. The first left me wanting to know what would happen to everyone. By the end of this book, I was just glad to be done. I may try the next one in the series, but I won't have very high expectations. Maybe that'll help.

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OK

One betrayal after another. I found myself skimming the last half of the book just to find out the things I cared about. My curiosity will eventually get the best of me though and I'm sure I'll finish the series.

Good Read

Its a great read especially if your into paranormal romance. The book is a good balace of romance and action. I like the different paranormal creatures appear.

Doomsday Can Wait

Elizabeth Phoenix is a seer, she has psychic powers that allow her to fight the forces of dark. While at her day job, as a bartender, a strange woman walks in and tries to kill Liz. This woman Liz realizes is called the Smoke Woman. She's dangerous and needs to be stopped. With her army scattered to the wind or dead, Liz calls on Summer, the fairy, to help. Summer knows where Liz's ex boyfriend is so they hit the road. With bits of information she gets from her dead foster mother, Liz goes on a nationwide hunt for the power to destroy the forces of evil.

When I first open this book, I thought to myself, am I going to be disappointed in the sequel to Any Given Doomsday, but I wasn't. It was fast paced and just as gory. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone with a weak stomach to read, because there are scenes of suicide and creatures being ripped apart.

Awesome sequel

One of the best books of 2009 in my opinion. I couldn't put it down. Anxiously waiting for the next in the series.

The second Phoenix Chronicles urban fantasy has the world even darker and grittier

Elizabeth Phoenix used use her psychic skills with the Milwaukee police, but soon learns what her horrific visions mean when monsters murder her foster mother Ruthie and left her unconscious; now she can see the monsters (see ANY GIVEN DOOMSDAY). Because of her skills, she has become a federation leader fighting the dark. She actually wins her first battle though many of her soldiers die in the confrontation as she learns the difficult responsibility of a general as she deploys people she knows she is sending to die even though success delays Doomsday for now.--------

Liz has numerous enemies now including the Navaho witch woman of smoke Naye'I, mother of her skinwalking ally Sawyer. She is unsure she can trust her former lover Jimmy Sanducci; as she and he recently learned he is a dhampire who feels he is losing his restrain to not turn to his sire's enticing malice. To defeat Naye'i, Liz knows she needs two allies, Sawyer and Jimmy, but one is the son of her adversary and the other has walked the dark side next to his purebred malevolent father. ----------

The second Phoenix Chronicles urban fantasy has the world even darker and grittier in spite of insuring DOOMSDAY CAN WAIT for a future engagement. Liz is terrific as the story line focuses on her inner doubts re sending people to certain death and trusting Sawyer and Jimmy while trying to understand the enormous visions that shake her core as all she sees is bleakness. The apocalypse is here as Lori Handeland provides a powerful gloomy world with little hope for humanity's survival as the sinister minions of wickedness march forward seeking a second battle. The constant war of attrition is on the side of evil.----------

Harriet Klausner

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